Drug costs In the opening weeks of 2019, pharma companies have boosted list prices on hundreds of treatments, including widely used painkillers and cardiovascular drugs. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Two years ago, fear that Donald Trump would clamp down on drug prices roiled the health industry's biggest annual gathering.

Now, pushback on prices has become part of a new normal for which many pharmaceutical executives have developed a reliable script: Drug costs should reflect the value treatments deliver to patients, they say. Savings shouldn't come at the expense of innovation. And the companies they run have been restrained and transparent in taking price increases.

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